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What's the difference between portable and install versions?

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Mar 15, 202669197 views
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Is there any difference between the portable and desktop install versions of software or an application? For example, I have both portable and install versions of Google chrome. Are they the same? Do they function the same?

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A portable program largely has to do where the data is saved for that program. Usually user data is saved in the folder as per Windows policy. However, it doesn't make it very portable as you would lose all of your settings/user data associated with…

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